Dhaenens F
Agfa Medical Imaging, Mortsel, Belgium.
JBR-BTR. 2000 Apr;83(2):84-7.
At a first glance the future of digital mammography seems very bright considering the wealth of offerings for new detectors, made by companies on the market or in journals. However technically spoken, digital mammography is one of the most demanding applications in the spectrum of radiology along with a high degree of cost consciousness in the mammography screening programs. The functional requirements are so high for digital mammography that only the best and most expensive components are good enough to compete with the current screen-film systems. Next difficulties are the lack of quality standards for digital detectors, not at all existing in the past and still under discussion, and the non-existence or changing of approval procedures. This is discouraging the industries to enter the field and is slowing down the phase-in time. After these obstacles are removed, there will come the discussions on acceptance of digital mammography within the professional community, due to the 'look' of the images and also the need to gain confidence with these images.
乍一看，考虑到市场上公司或期刊所提供的丰富新型探测器，数字乳腺摄影的前景似乎非常光明。然而，从技术角度来讲，数字乳腺摄影是放射学领域中要求最为苛刻的应用之一，同时乳腺摄影筛查项目对成本也高度敏感。数字乳腺摄影的功能要求极高，以至于只有最好且最昂贵的组件才足以与当前的屏-片系统竞争。接下来的困难在于数字探测器缺乏质量标准，过去根本不存在，目前仍在讨论之中，而且不存在或存在审批程序的变化。这使得行业不愿进入该领域，也延缓了逐步引入的时间。在这些障碍消除之后，由于图像的“外观”以及对这些图像建立信心的必要性，专业领域内将会展开关于数字乳腺摄影接受度的讨论。
